Another strong quake strikes off central Indonesia

Hanoi (VNA) - A 7.7 magnitude quake struck off the Indonesian
island of Sulawesi on September 28, prompting a tsunami alert hours after a 6.1
magnitude earthquake destroyed houses in the same area.

The warning was lifted within the hour, but local officials asked people
in the affected area to remain on the alert as a number of moderate aftershocks
hit the area.

The earlier quake killed at least one person and injured 10 other, local
authorities said.

A series of earthquakes in July and August killed nearly 500 people on
the holiday island of Lombok, hundreds of kilometres southwest of Sulawesi.

Indonesia sits on the Pacific Ring of Fire and is regularly hit by
earthquakes. In 2004, a big earthquake off the northern Indonesian island of
Sumatra triggered a tsunami across the Indian Ocean, killing 220,000 people in
13 countries, including more than 168,000 in Indonesia.-VNA